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From Lucinda Williams, native of Lake Charles, Louisiana.

This song has the distinction of being used in two of the finest television series, ever: The Sopranos, Season 6, episode 18, "Kennedy and Heidi" ; True Detective, Season 1, episode 8, "Form and Void"

 
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Nice. I guess my favorite from her is “Crescent City,” but the bridge in “Are You Alright” is perfect.


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Love this song. Car Wheels and West are both terrific albums.

Another artist where the voice is so much more than just "are you singing the right note?"



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Another Lucinda Williams fan here.

Here music is great for driving. I really like "Right in Time" and "Essence".


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Another artist where the voice is so much more than just "are you singing the right note?"


I saw her in a club show in San Francisco in the late 1980s after she released her album on Rough Trade, a punk label at the time, she was kinda considered the female Paul Westerberg, paving the way for alt-country artists like Uncle Tupelo/Wilco, The Jayhawks, etc. But I love that record, the only one of hers I own. And her song "Passionate Kisses" was covered by Mary Chapin Carpenter, a more polished production, that won a Grammy, but I always preferred Lucinda's version.




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Her rendition of “Protection” was also used in S6E1 of Justified..


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The first time I heard this song was at the end of one of the "House" shows many years ago. She's a great singer. I have a number of her songs as favorites on youtube.



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Another artist where the voice is so much more than just "are you singing the right note?"


I saw her in a club show in San Francisco in the late 1980s after she released her album on Rough Trade, a punk label at the time, she was kinda considered the female Paul Westerberg, paving the way for alt-country artists like Uncle Tupelo/Wilco, The Jayhawks, etc. But I love that record, the only one of hers I own. And her song "Passionate Kisses" was covered by Mary Chapin Carpenter, a more polished production, that won a Grammy, but I always preferred Lucinda's version.

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I saw her in a small club years ago, too. Only a few rows away. Great singer/songwriter. And, yeah, Passionate Kisses, an easy favorite.

Uncle Tupelo...ha. A local (Belleville, IL; just across the river) band that made it pretty big. Saw them a few times in bars in St. Louis when they were getting started.

EDIT: Hadn't thought about Lucinda in years, and this thread brought it back. Found a few more old favorites, but this brought tears to my eyes. Don't know if it was the time, the place, the song, or...?, but this one wrecks me:
https://youtu.be/9R_dkP2duog?l...PzZc8i2a_a6iKxnC&t=1

Something About What Happens When We Talk.

And then there's this:
https://youtu.be/y5fvTuaaksQ
Little Angel, Little Brother.

Damn, she's good.

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Man. This one brings up memories.

I’d never heard of Lucinda Williams before this album. It came out right as my marriage was falling apart and I started going through a divorce. I heard it for the first time and it hit me like a ton of bricks. I probably listened to the whole album 500 times. I am not generally a country music fan, but that rough voice of hers and her lyrics perfectly capture that period.

I hadn’t thought of this album in a long time. Just hearing the first few notes immediately took me back there, but not in a bad way. More retrospective.

Yes. I’m alright.

Seriously. Thank you for bringing this one to mind.
 
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I have two. She can drive either one.





I live 7 miles form the Subiaco Cemetery in her first song. (Saint Benedict Cemetery, Logan County, Subiaco Arkansas)

I'll stop by and leave a stone upon his grave, for Lucinda.

Frank Stafford was from Fayetteville.




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Early 1990's, WXPN played Side of the Road by Lucinda Williams. I was immediately and forever hooked. I've seen her several times in concert including a show with her father. He was a poet and would recite his poems and Lucinda would play a relevant work from her extensive catalog.
In a time where synthetic music reigns, Lucinda is the real deal



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